For those people like myself that have a handset pre ordered from Handtec, they have posted a further stock update
h**p://w**.handtec.co.uk/product.php/2749/htc-desire-----sim-free-unlocked-
"Stock Update 3: Stock is still due on the 7th April and looking likely to be this date - we still have availability on the first batch."
So fingers crossed we should be seeing our handset next week
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So, where is it? I mean they want to release it in November. Thats tomorow...
Depending on your time zone, tomorrow would be Tuesday or Wednesday. Neither of which are actually November. Also, every blog post regarding the phone mentions a target date of end of November.
There has been a thread on this for a while: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=314939
Its here. SHould come out in a couple weeks.
Basically i've been doing some research online and now know why some apps are not appearing on Android Marketplace..
HTC Desire is brand new - we (T-Mobile users) - have gotten it a good 2 weeks before official retail release (as it has now been delayed till April 7th)
Apparently copy protected apps will not appear on the marketplace until the firmware is approved - since i'm guessing these HTC Desires from T-Mobile probabley only got updated 1/2 days before we actually got them (seems logical since some people received pre release firmware ones).. It'll probabley be a couple of days or until April 7th till copy protected apps appear.
Write emails to HTC and T-Mobile - so they're also aware of this.
It happened to the Hero at one point aswell with a new firmware upgrade, everyone updated and it took a few days for copy protected apps to appear.
Hope that answers a few questions .
I sure hope you're right. I can wait for a couple of days.
thedalmeny said:
Basically i've been doing some research online and now know why some apps are not appearing on Android Marketplace..
HTC Desire is brand new - we (T-Mobile users) - have gotten it a good 2 weeks before official retail release (as it has now been delayed till April 7th)
Apparently copy protected apps will not appear on the marketplace until the firmware is approved - since i'm guessing these HTC Desires from T-Mobile probabley only got updated 1/2 days before we actually got them (seems logical since some people received pre release firmware ones).. It'll probabley be a couple of days or until April 7th till copy protected apps appear.
Write emails to HTC and T-Mobile - so they're also aware of this.
It happened to the Hero at one point aswell with a new firmware upgrade, everyone updated and it took a few days for copy protected apps to appear.
Hope that answers a few questions .
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good analysis, thanx for sharing
Can you download apk files online and install them anyway?
So what's the actual difference between "out of stock" (which is the store notice for the "golden" version of OP3) and "ships within 5 weeks" (which is the notice for the "dark" version of OP3)? I've been waiting for the golden version for a while, but it seems impossible to order it, whereas the dark version always has the 4-5 weeks waiting time written on the store site.
galadroid said:
So what's the actual difference between "out of stock" (which is the store notice for the "golden" version of OP3) and "ships within 5 weeks" (which is the notice for the "dark" version of OP3)? I've been waiting for the golden version for a while, but it seems impossible to order it, whereas the dark version always has the 4-5 weeks waiting time written on the store site.
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I have ordered two gold versions in last 2 weeks...both are delivered within 10 days..
They likely have different rules/stock for different continents then.
I ordered mine on September 18, and it said it would be dispatched within 5 weeks. It said "Estimated to be dispatched on October 5th". On that day it was dispatched (Wednesday), and I got 2 days latter, on Friday.
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They likely have different rules/stock for different continents then.
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Yes, there are multiple dispatch locations around the globe.
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Mine came two days ago, ordered 9/12
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galadroid said:
So what's the actual difference between "out of stock" (which is the store notice for the "golden" version of OP3) and "ships within 5 weeks" (which is the notice for the "dark" version of OP3)? I've been waiting for the golden version for a while, but it seems impossible to order it, whereas the dark version always has the 4-5 weeks waiting time written on the store site.
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When I ordered mine, on Sept 24, it said 8 days prior to shipping, and that I should have it by Oct 10. It was delivered to my door Sep 30. When I look at the manufactured date on my phone, it was made Sept 24.... They are moving them out as quick as they build them.
whelmar said:
When I ordered mine, on Sept 24, it said 8 days prior to shipping, and that I should have it by Oct 10. It was delivered to my door Sep 30. When I look at the manufactured date on my phone, it was made Sept 24.... They are moving them out as quick as they build them.
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How do you check manufactured date please?
It's actually printed on the box, on the sticker with the emei numbers, model number and such on it...
This is supposed to be an Android One phone. Last security update was near the end of February and is listed as the February 1 update. I love the phone but Nokia needs to do a better job of putting out timely updates. Has anyone who is on stock software received an update dated after February 1?
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This is supposed to be an Android One phone. Last security update was near the end of February and is listed as the February 1 update. I love the phone but Nokia needs to do a better job of putting out timely updates. Has anyone who is on stock software received an update dated after February 1?
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I don't know what there doing maybe there just going to wait until the April security patch because the last security update was late so maybe there going to start with April and keep up with it after that
I got the March update a couple of days ago. (eu)
Maybe there is something wrong with the rollout in your area?
Not sure how you got the March update. I went to Nokia's website and the last one posted is still February 2019. This is for the 6.1
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I got the March update a couple of days ago. (eu)
Maybe there is something wrong with the rollout in your area?
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Same here, got it late last week. It's not just a security update though, had some other changes as well.
Updating at the moment....
Updated here this morning.
Seems like app switching is MUCH smoother. Seems like it's not uncaching things so quickly. I like...
Just got updated to March 1 security patch in NA. It is a large OTA, a little over 500 MB, so more than just a security patch bump.
Mine is still killing background apps aggressively; not seeing any improvements to memory management or unbundling of the onerous task killer.
So far the only difference I've noticed is that instead of showing 4G in the status bar when connected to a 4G network, it now shows 4G with LTE to the right it oriented vertically. Thanks to T-Mobile and the other American telco's for calling HSPA+ "4G" 7 or 8 years ago instead of the 3.5G or so it was and continuing to confuse consumers with their marketing BS.
Many of us have some personal and confidential info stored on our phones. Timely security updates are critical.
That said, has anyone gotten a security update for this phone? I haven't gotten one since I purchased it on the day it was released. I'm still on the August 1st 2020 security patch. I thought Motorola issue security patches every 2 months. I reached out to them on this but the person that I communicated with had no idea on when a security patch would be available for this phone.
I love the form factor of this phone but I think outdated security patches pose a huge risk.
I'm on se the September security update
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I'm on se the September security update
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Did you get a security update or did it come with the September security patch when you bought the phone?
Motorola also told me that the August security patch was the most up-to-date. Go figure.
To be honest, I'm not sure if there was an update when I started using the phone, or if it came that way. The phone is less than two weeks old.
No problem. Thanks for the update. I got my phone on October 2nd with the August security patch on it. No updates from Motorola since.
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No problem. Thanks for the update. I got my phone on October 2nd with the August security patch on it. No updates from Motorola since.
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Did you receive any update, yet? Mine came with the August patch, and an update was available as soon as I got the basic settings dialed in. I'm on the September patch now, which is still pretty dated in comparison to my OP8Pro. No further updates, or news, as of now.
Nothing yet. Still waiting. I check almost daily.
you should have the october security update. The Retail US channel got that late in mid november (me on the 17th). I purchased directly from motorola and use t-mobile sim.
motorola does quarterly security updates it seems and when you get the update it'll be a month old.
Nothing yet. I wonder if T-Mobile is the holdup. I bought the phone from T-Mobile on release date. Perhaps Motorola released the update to T-Mobile but T-Mobile has not sent the update to my phone yet?
Motorola also said this phone will get the Android 11 update. If it's dependent upon T-mobile and if T-Mobile is the reason for the security patch delays, I'm not hopeful.
when you go to 'about phone' in settings, under 'software channel' does it say 'retail us' or something else?
If so, You could try this method:
turn the phone off, remove the sim. Connect to wifi and check for the update then.
In 'about phone' in settings, under 'software channel' it says "T-Mobile".
yea...you have to yell at t-mobile then. they're in control of your updates.
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you could try and use the motorola firmware flashing tool to flash https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/smith/official/TMO/
if yours is a lower version than that (you can verify in the about phone page under firmware version)
But firmware flashing that way vs ota usually means wiping the phone when it's being done.
Finally, I got an update today...
it looks like t-mobile just pushed that firmware out (if you go by the time stamp on the link i posted). So the phone is not delayed in seeing updates, t-mobile is just super slow at pushing them out.
though, they could have a different offset for their quarterly security updates than motorolla, as they're not much slower than motorolla (2 months vs 1.5 months). Considering you got November 1st's patch at the end of december and I got october 1st's patch in mid november.
I expect the next update we see for this device will be sometime in late february. Probably not going to see the OS update until mid next year.
Yep. I finally got it yesterday.
Wow. I went from zero updates in almost 3 months to two updates in just over 3 weeks. I was on the August security patch all the way until December 28th when I finally got the October security patch. Now, just a little over 3 weeks later, I got the December security patch today...
I feel a lot better about the phone now.